Reef Karim

Reef Karim is a television personality, international speaker, author, and osteopathic physician. He is best known as the host of the Court TV television show House of Clues, the host of the Discovery Fit & Health television show Broken Minds, a recurring guest expert on the television show Outrageous Acts of Psych, from Discovery Science, and the comedic host, writer and producer of Karim Madness.

Karim has appeared on Oprah, Dr. Oz, Dr. Phil, The Today Show, Chelsea Lately, and regularly appears on CNN as a medical and psychiatric commentator. He has written articles for the Huffington Post, Oprah.com, and Fox.com. He has also had minor roles in television shows like Lost Transmissions (2019) and Veep (2017).

In 2004, Karim was named one of "The Sexiest Men Alive" by People magazine.

Early life Karim earned a B.S. degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. In 1996, he graduated cum laude with a D.O. from University of Health Sciences (now Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences).

Media Karim is a well known guest expert, actor and writer in the media. He has co-authored a dating book titled Why Does he do that? Why does she do that?. He is a contributor for the Huffington Post, and his work has been profiled in Forbes and the Christian Science Monitor.

As an actor, Karim played the lead in the Indie movie Flavors, with supporting roles in Lost Transmissions (2019) (with Simon Pegg), Laurel Canyon (2002) (with Christian Bale), Veep (2017) (with Julia Louis-Dreyfus), Lords of Dogtown (2005) (with Heath Ledger), Claire's Cambodia and appeared in The Breakup Girl(2015), Fit to Be Tied (2014), Posey (2012), Goodbye My Friend (2011), The Whisperers (2009), Night of Henna (2005), Russians in the City of Angels (2003), and Flavors (2004). He has also hosted multiple television shows, including Outrageous Acts of Psych, Broken Minds and House of Clues. Karim has also appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show, The Dr. Oz Show, Dr. Phil, Hollywood Today, ABC World News Tonight, Larry King Live and Anderson Cooper 360°.

On May 26, 2012, Karim was a guest panelist at Psychology In Action and UCLA's "Psychology On The Big Screen," for his work as psychiatric consultant on the films Thirteen, The Bourne Identity, and the television shows Private Practice and Alias.

Filmography Year Film Role 2002 Laurel Canyon ER Doctor 2003 Flavors Kartik 2005 Night of Henna Baboo 2005 Lords of Dogtown Dr. Angelo Gamboa 2009 The Whisperers Rajat Gulati 2010 Adios Mi Amigo/Goodbye My Friend Rahul 2012 Posey Bollywood dancer 2014 Fit To Be Tied John 2015 The Breakup Girl Dr. Kareem 2019 Lost Transmissions Dr. Klopek

TV Roles

Year Film Role Notes 2000 Days of Our Lives Phillipe 1 Episode Episode #1.8762 2003 Russians in the City of Angels Omar Santini 2 Episodes Proshchanie Srok 2004 House of Clues Himself 13 Episodes 2004-2005 Extreme Makeover Himself 3 Episodes Becky & Stacy Heather & Kristi Lachele & Marcelo 2007-2009 Larry King Live Self Multiple Episodes 2007-2009 Private Practice Medical Consultant 30 Episodes 2009-2010 Anderson Cooper 360 Self 3 Episodes 2010 E! Investigates: Addicted to Pills Self 1 Episode 2010 The Daily 10 Self 1 Episode 2010 Issues with Jane Velez-Mitchell Self 1 Episode 2010 E! True Hollywood Story Self 1 Episodes 2010 Good Morning America Self 1 Episodes 2010 Pretty Wild Himself – Addiction Specialist 1 Episode And So It Is 2010 The Early Show Self 3 Episodes 2011 Dateline NBC Self 1 Episode 2011 Charlie Sheen: On the Brink Self 1 Episode 2008-2011 Showbiz Tonight Self Multiple Episodes 2010-2011 The Joy Behar Show Self Multiple Episodes 2012 Dr. Phil Self 2 Episodes 2012 Broken Minds Host 2 Episodes 2012 Today Self Multiple Episodes 2013 ABC Evening News Self 2 Episodes 2013 TakePart Live Self 2 Episodes 2014 The Dr. OZ Show Self Multiple Episodes 2014 Hollywood Today Self Multiple Episodes 2015 Karim Madness Host 2 Episodes 2015 Outrageous Acts Of Psych Self 12 Episodes 2017 Veep Dr. Sengupta1 Episode